About JEMDR®

The Journal of EMDR Practice and Research® (JEMDR) is a peer-reviewed publication devoted to integrative, state-of-the-art papers about EMDR therapy. It is a broadly conceived interdisciplinary journal that stimulates and communicates research and theory about EMDR therapy and its application to clinical practice. The journal publishes experimental studies; theoretical, review, and methodological articles; case studies; brief reports; and book reviews.

Established in July 2007 by EMDRIA™, the journal is published by The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Beginning January 1, 2025, JEMDR® will be published by the Science Partner Journals (SPJ) program of AAAS, the world’s oldest and largest general science organization, serving 10 million people around the globe. AAAS publishes the renowned journal Science, among others.

  • ISSN (print): 1933-3196
  • ISSN (online): 1933-320X

JEMDR® is co-edited by Jenny Rydberg, a former special editor with JEMDR®, book editor, and associate editor of the European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, and Derek Farrell, Ph.D., MBE, a principal lecturer in psychology at the University of Worcester, UK, where he directs a master’s program in EMDR therapy.

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Do negative self-beliefs predict EMDR therapy outcomes? Insights from a pilot study (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study aims to assess the impact of negative cognitions on treatment generalization within the standard EMDR treatment protocol.

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The TPSS+ experience in Ukraine: An innovative approach to the impact analysis of psychosocial interventions (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This study shows that a brief, accessible trauma support program combining psychosocial care and EMDR elements helped improve well-being for over 1,200 people in Ukraine, even during ongoing war stress, and that using both numbers and personal accounts was key to capturing those real-world benefits.

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Integrating EMDR with tDCS in obsessive–compulsive disorder: An opinion paper (Journal of EMDR Practice and Research)

This opinion paper proposes a therapy strategy combining EMDR with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to target trauma-related psychological processes and restore neural processes.

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